How to Apply for a Job Even If the Company Isn’t Hiring
You don’t look convinced, but I’m serious. Apply when there’s no job posted. Welcome back, economy. USA TODAY reports employers added an average of 246,000 jobs each month in 2014, the best year for...
View ArticleLinkedIn Profile Summary for a Recent Grad Who Needs a Job
Want to perfect your entire LinkedIn profile? Book NTLB’s Danny Rubin for a coaching session. Details here. Woot! I graduated. Now how do I impress people on LinkedIn? Right now, a fundraising...
View ArticleThe Networking Email Journalists Love but No One Ever Sends
Lessons from the hardwood on creative networking. When Hassan Whiteside writes his memoir, the title could be “More Than One Way to Reach the Top.” The pro basketball player has drifted around in...
View ArticleThe Email Serious Young Professionals Write
Brian Williams rose so high in his career he may have lost what he needed most. A person to give it to him straight. By now you probably read NBC News suspended Williams, the network’s managing editor...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments of Networking Emails
If you’re like me, you have a personal email address and a professional one. And you’re careful to not mix the two. Simple enough, right? Apparently not so obvious for Hillary Clinton, who reportedly...
View ArticleA Smarter Way to Connect with People on LinkedIn
Sorry, you’re nothing special on LinkedIn. Not yet, at least. Major, MAJOR news if you’re tired of paying for a bunch of TV channels you never watch. On April 19, Verizon Fios unveiled “skinny...
View ArticleThe Best Closing Lines for Five Critical Work Emails
Keep your emails “on fleek” from top to bottom. Do you speak “millennial”? Taco Bell does. Or at least, the company hopes to become fluent in the language of its biggest fan base. The Associated Press...
View ArticleHow to Write a Sharp LinkedIn Professional Headline
As I watched the 2015 NBA Draft, it was clear the players selected to join the professional ranks are more than athletes. They’re bonafide brands with images to uphold and Twitter audiences to...
View ArticleThe Email Every Leader Should Write
Leaders don’t bask in the spotlight. They prefer to let others shine. Donna Crilley Farrell will be the first to tell you: she can’t do it all by herself. As executive director of the World Meeting of...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your Resume to One Page
Seventeen people. That’s how many Republicans have entered the 2016 race for president. It’s enough to make your head spin. Now imagine if each candidate walked into your den and dropped off a...
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